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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703929 |
| Category: | Debian Local Security Checks |
| Title: | Debian Security Advisory DSA 3929-1 (libsoup2.4 - security update) |
| Summary: | Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered a stack-based buffer;overflow vulnerability in libsoup2.4, a HTTP library implementation in;C. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw by sending a;specially crafted HTTP request to cause an application using the;libsoup2.4 library to crash (denial of service), or potentially execute;arbitrary code. |
| Description: | Summary: Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in libsoup2.4, a HTTP library implementation in C. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to cause an application using the libsoup2.4 library to crash (denial of service), or potentially execute arbitrary code. Affected Software/OS: libsoup2.4 on Debian Linux Solution: For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.48.0-1+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.56.0-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libsoup2.4 packages. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2885 BugTraq ID: 100258 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100258 Debian Security Information: DSA-3929 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3929 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/3 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160388/ProCaster-LE-32F430-GStreamer-souphttpsrc-libsoup-2.51.3-Stack-Overflow.html https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0392 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2459 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2459 |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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